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10 songs that feel like Metamorphosis Two

Matched to Metamorphosis Two by Philip Glass on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Metamorphosis Two
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Metamorphosis Two
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safe 22/100 intensity 100 BPM
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Plains — Tycho safe 95 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Veridis Quo — Daft Punk safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Seeland — Neu! safe 120 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Boadicea — Enya safe 60 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100).

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One to Remember — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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My Neighbor Totoro — Joe Hisaishi safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 95% alike.

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River — Enya safe 85 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It runs a little hotter at 28/100. Same smooth texture.

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Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 3, RV 14 — Antonio Vivaldi safe 80 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100).

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Music to Watch Boys To — Lana Del Rey moderate 85 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Metamorphosis Two” by Philip Glass?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Plains” by Tycho, “Sapphire” by Bonobo, “Veridis Quo” by Daft Punk — the top match scores 95% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Metamorphosis Two”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 100 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep8/10
Focus9/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

1989 in context

The 219 songs we’ve measured from 1989 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity22
Dynamics33
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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